Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1923, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. ‘“WEDNESDAY July 25, 1923 " THEODORE W. NOYES........Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Busipess Office, 11th Bt. and Pennsylvania Ave. A 110 East 42nd 8 Chicago Offies: Tower Bullding. European Office: 16 Regent 8t., London, England. The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edition, is delivered by carriers within the city at 80 cents per month; daily only, 45 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents per month. Or- ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main #000. Collection is° made by carriers at the ‘end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. and Sunday..1 yr., $8.40; 1 mo., 70¢ only. : 500 Sunday oniy “Dail All Other States. 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This action was made the occasion of great demonstra- tions in the Swiss city, where the rep- resentatives of the powers have la- bored for weeks and months on the treaty in Constantinople and else- ‘Wwhere. “This treaty marks the definite re- establishment of peace in the world,” is the outstanding phrase in a letter “addressed to President Scheurer by the conferees, thanking the Swiss for their hospitality. Tt is a fact that, notwithstanding rumblings and rumors of war to come, peace has formally been established among the nations for the first time since the beginning of the war in 1914. The results of the negotiations at Lau- sanne have raised the hopes of peace advocates in all parts of the world. Eyes turn instinctively to the Ruhr now, in the hope that a settlement of the German reparations ‘tangle is to follow, further cementing the peace of the world. To the Turks the peace treaty brings a condition that has not existed in their land for nearly a generation. The Turco-Italian war, the first and second Balkan wars and the world war followed in succession for the Ot- toman empire. Turkey, under the termd of the new trqaty, becomes a member of the league of nations, created for the pu: pose of insuring world peace. Ger- nd Russia are the other foreign s still to be gathered into the league fold. There is strong reason to believe that Germany will be admitted to membership as soon as the repara- tions muddle is settled. In fact, Lord Robert Cecil, English apostle of the league, is of the opinion that Germary should have been admitted to the gue long ago. Russia, or rather the soviet govern- ment of Russia, is today an outlaw among the nations. But time is ex- pected to solve the Russian problem, as it did the problem of France after | the revolution, The re-establishment of friendly relations between the Turks and the European powers has tended 0 lessen the menace of & union be- tween the Turks and soviet Russia. And soviet Russia herself has signed the agreement éntered into at Lau- sanne regarding the straits of the Da: danelles and the Bosporus, an agree- ment regarded as essential -to any peaceful settlement in the near east and the middle east. Russia's partici- pation in this settlement of the straits question was considered vital. 8o the anomalous situation has arisen where. | by soviet Russla is recognized—suf- ficiently—as a government of Rus to sign this agreement with the powers, while more formal recognition is withheld. Possibly it is a forerunner of a better understanding between Russia and the other nations. The establishment of permanent peace in the far cast was brought measureably nearer by the final rati- fication of the four-power Pacific ireaty and the naval limitation of armaments treaty only a few weeks Pessimists still predict anotber tating war, but gradually, it ap- the world is turning toward Agriculturally inclined - candidates who are photographed in overalls at the start may quite possibly appear in diplomatic knickerbockers before -the finish. The Philippines Problem. Mischievous work is under way Manila on the part of agitators for immediate and unconditional independ- ence of the Philippine Islands. Recent- Iy the insular cabinet resigned as a protest against a cerftain action by Gen. Wood in reinstating a secret serv- ice man who had been tried on charges and acquitted. That was palpably only a trivial cause of resentment, and h been so accepted in this country, where it is generally ‘undetstood that the trouble at Manila has arisen from the political intrigues of a party ad- vocating the immediate independence of the islands. Back of the incident of fthe secret service man is & record of iction between Gen. Wood and cer- tain elements in the islands, starting almost with his arrival on a special mission and culminating in the unani- mous declaration of the ingular legis- lature demanding Gen. Wood's recall. The trouble in the islands comes from the fact that Gen. Wood, doubt- less under instructions based upon his report of conditions a8 he found them 10 be, has been trying to undo some of the unwise work of the preceding administration with regard to the Philippines. The former policy was to turn the islands quickly over to native control, and as a consequence the in- sular administration had become rapid- 1y native, with a resultant diminution in efficiency. Truth is that the Fili- pinos are ot vet ready to assume the burden and reaponsibllity of their own government. That is the conclusion of ien. Wood, and that will doubtless be the basts of the decision of the govern- ment at Washington when the ques- tion definjtely comes up for action here. If the United States were to adopt the line of least resistance and the greatest ease it would at once cut loose al! lines of guardianship over the Philippines and let the people of the archipelago go their own way with- out hindrance or supervision. There is nothing in continued protectorate for this country.’ The government of the islands has cost the United States heavily and has involved it in many embarrassments. But it is regarded as a trust, which must be faithfully dis- charged. It would be easy to let go and turn the insular administration entirely over to the numerically small but politically dominant group that has been so persistently clamoring for immediate and complete independenge. But it would not be a faithful execu- tion of the trust that was assumed a quarter of a century ago, when, as a chance result of the Spanish-American war, the United States took over the provisional control of the islands to prevent internecine warfare and for- eign aggression. o Vigorous propaganda work is in progress both here and in Manila. An effort is being made to convince the American people that the islanders are being harshly treated and deprived of their rights. And simultaneously an effort is being made to convince the Filipinos that the American press is universally sympathetic with the in- sular aspiration for immediate and unqualified independence. Neither eof- fort is likely to succeed. The Philip- pines question is not new to this coun- try. The matter will be considered upon its merits by the administration and by Congress. Some day e United States will let go. But it will not be hastened into that action by embarrassment or by the mischievous partisan work of an island group ambitious to gain control, It will carry on at Manila until it will be safe for the islanders, and for it- self, to let go. The present action is not to be regarded as a demonstration of that readiness for complete inde- pendence: for which the United States now awaits as justification for re- linquishing its benevolent supervision. —————— Government and Coal Supply. Comtfort is to be had from the report that the bureau of mines “has & com- prehensive and detailed plan for gov- ernment control and operation of the anthracite coal mines ready to be put in force on about twenty-four hours’ notice.” It is sald that President {Harding has approved the plan, and | that “those who know the details of this plan and the inward workings of the coal business declare that there is ! no doubt that it would work effective- ly.”" It is further said that “those who are now endeavoring to reach a wage jagreement know all about it." The re- | port is calculated to reassure people Ilhn( they will not suffer for coal next {winter, and that they will not be forced jto pay a higher price than that at which coal is now seiling. As long as those interests concerned in mining and selling coal know all the details of this government plan there would seem to_be no harm in letting coal consumers know the details of the measure which may be taken for their protection, but if the bureau of mines and the President believe that they have a workable plan for protecting ! people against misery and extortion most of us will be willing to take their word for it and let it go at that. It clear that the government | when it considers the case serious enough means to take control of the anthracite mines and operate them. There was something positive in the President's late warning that there must not be a coal strike, and it is now plain that behind that warning was this plan for putting the mines under government control. Such a plan is not viewed with pleasure by operators or miners, and the very threat of un- seating them may influence the coal kings or coal bandits in coming to an agreement between themselves which will allow coal consumers to live in peace. An - Associated, Press dispatch from Boston quotes John Hays Ham- mond, chairman of the Coal Commis- sion, and Thomas R. Marshall, also a member of the commission, as saying that there will not be a strike in the anthracite flelds this fall. It is likely that a large majority of thoughtful persons do not take kindly to the idea that the government shall go into the coal-mining business, but if there is no other way out of the situation every man will feel that the measure is justi- fied. People have come to depend on coal. They feel outraged that men en- gaged in the coal business should take advantage of their necessity. to make extraordinary profits and threaten them with death from cold if. they do not come across with tribute. 1f there is no other solution than that part of the American Army shall be called out and that the government shall take over the mines and operate them the question will have to be solved in that | way. 1 1 1 { | | | | { iy { | The seismograph registered an | earthquake 5,000 miles distant, which is about the proper location for afy earthquake. ————————— The price of meat and the price of wheat serve to make the ham sand- wich a barometer of économic condi- tions. & ———— liabilities amounting to $101,308,387, A. well known attorney who is co-operat- ing with the People's Legislative Serv- ice asserts that upward of $800,000,000 has been lost by the public annually since the war through fraudulent stock promotions, bankrupt brokerage houses and ‘‘bucketeers. ‘These charges are a severe indict- ment of the present system.. It ap- pears that “Barnum was right” in his estimate of the people. But it also ap- pears that there should be some pro- tection to prevent the fleecing of mil- lions of persons. Americans, by and large, are a betting people. They like to take a chance, or a gamble. But the same should be run on the square. Furthermore, the day when success- ful manipulators of the stock market were hailed as financlal giants and al- most idolized is in the past. Thou- sands of little men were wiped out in. such manipulations. But the little men are making themselves heard more plainly than they were able to do some vears ago. It is to be expected there will be tremendous opposition to the proposed legislation. No business likes to be regulated. Three suggestions Thave been made, however, which are de- cidedly worth attention. One calls for licensing of stock exchanges doing an interstate business by the federal gov- ernment. Another calls for the licens- ing of brokers dealing in securities by the state or federal government, and the third calls for publicity in regard to offers of securities for sale much in line with the system now ob- taining in England. A law covering these points would make it far casier to protect investors in the first in- istance and to punish offenders in the second. Congress has already ‘sought to regulate trading in grain and cotton futures through legislation. The move- ment to regulate trading in securities is in line with this movement. Un- doubtedly it will receive strong sup- port in the next Congress. —_———— If by awarding prizes Mr. Bok can discover a way of getting Uncle Sam into the league of nations the situa- tion, should it prove disadvantageous, will not be irretrievable. Another prize can be offered for a way to get him out. —————— Mexicans remain under the spell of the word “manana.” There was once a reward for Pancho Villa dead or alive. The peons who killed him might have collected jf they had gotten to work earlier. —_———— Eminent republicans are described as slightly pessimistic. A touch of pessimism prior to a campaign is fre. quently utllized to rally the party to a demonstration of full strength. ———— In portions of urope “sunshine ! meals” are being scientifically served to undernourished children. It is hut a step from imitation money to imita- tion nourishment Critics of the prize ring still recall old John L. Sullivan as one champion who had personality as well as tech- nique. Lenin and Trotsky, though not do- ing much business, do not see fit to remove the sign bearing the firm name. Minnesota farmers ought find business improving if @ grand burst of publicity can assist materially. SHOOTING STARS. BY to PHILANDER JOHNSON An Agricultural Outcast. I used to dream about the charm at- tached to life upon the farm. 1 vow I've learned to view it with alarm Just now. T used to think the most you did was to invite the blossoms hid Below The ground to break the loamy lid And grow. But when I put on overalls my fellow farmers paid some calls To chat. My pride, since having many falls, Lies flat. They did not talk of corn and beans or hay, no, not by any means, To me. As they rode up in their machines With glee. They talked abopt the money mart; and economics and the part They'd play To head off folks who got too smart Some day. , \ An outcast then T mutely stood, the blockhead of the neighborhood. It hurt To find they thought no farmer should Dig airt! Patriot and Boss. “What's your ided of the difference between. & patriot and a political boss?” “A patriot,” answered Senatot Sor- ghum, “wants to work for the govern- ment. A boss warts the government to work for hin.” Jud Tunkins says & man who talks by the hour may find time so short that he has to think by the minute. A Plan to Curb “Bucketeers.” Another job is now proposed for Uncle Sam, that of regulating stock brokers and stock exchanges. The People's Legislative Service, headed by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, 18 to demand of Congrass laws that are designed to protect investors from “'buckéteers,” and to see that all ex- changes and brokers doing an inter- state business. shall be supervised much as the natlonal bariks and na. tional bank officials are supervised to- day. Agitation for such laws is not new, though the efforts hitherto have been confined mostly to states in which the exchanges and brokers are located. But the recent failures of brokerage houses in Néw York have served to call attention to the evils that exist, and to emphasize the need of action to protect the investing public. It is asserted by the People's Leégislative Bervice that in the last two yéars 187 Wall strest firms have falled, with | The Artistic Sense. “Piute Pete lost his place as a cow puncher.” “Yes,” answered Cactus Joe. “He got a job with a movie company and that spolled Him. Every time himself and hoss happens to strike a ple- turesque pose it irritates him cause there ain’t no cafmera around.” Superior Wisdom. The Injun in his light canoe Is scantly civilized, it's true, ; And yet he has, when once afloat, Far too much sense to rock the boat. Form and Fashion. “Do you think hoop skirts will come back into fashion' “They may become stylish,” replied Miss Cayenne. “But they'll never be good form.” 4 < “'Ot coh'ss,” #ald Utitls Ebén, “you 1s intitled to spéak yoh mind, but it was's of time standin’ &roun’ spressin’ opinions to a balky mule.” an’ BY PAUL V. COLLINS The famous poem of ‘Gelett Burg concerning his never having seen & purple cow, and not wanting to be one, .ha its counterpart in city child’s never wanting to see any source for milk, except The Department of Agriculture, therefore, is busily making &« glass cow, to be exhibited this fall at the national dairy show at Syracuse, N. Y. The cow Is to be so transparent. that one may see its every vein and artery. Flowing throughout the cir- culatory system will be colored fluids, to illustrate-the flow of blood, the digestion of feed into amino aclds and thence into alleged milk. It will demonstrate the need of a balanced ration—not limiting the cow to one or two kinds of feed, for there are various animo acids in the making of milk: if one outbalances the other the excess is wasted. When the experts get the glas cow well trained, it may be th their efforts will be turned to makin glass men, although many & man' wife thinks she can already through her husband's Innermost thoughts as clearly as if he were a glass bottle. Anyhow, when men are made of glass, it wiil save a lot of scopolamin. * ok ok % How many barberry bushes is the reader hereof Harboring as orna- mental shrubbery? The Department of Agriculture has added 300 men to its force of barberry detectives, with the view to discover every barberry {bus in the elght states constituting the “barberry eradication area.” One barberry bush may spread its conta- gion of black rust for five miles, de- stroylng or injuring grain through- out that area. There are other bushes more ornamental than the bar- berry, hence there is no defense for any “one’'s knowingly tolerating it. Most of the damage comes from the wild' barberry ni Klected on farms, but fthe city barberry is just as injurious. ok Tt seems almost incredible that the Army training camps should find that more than half of the young men ar- riving for military training are physically defective. It is claimed that 4.1 per cent were so badly af- fected by some physical defect that they could not be accepted for train- ing, and that 470 men out of 1,000 had some ailment more or Tess seri- ous, requiring immedi 3 o8, Te ate medical at Who can estimate the financial to the nation when half its Ten ‘Sre physleally deficicnt? Is there a ma fucturer ‘who would neglect his m: chinery and let its belts run loose or its wheels wobble? Is there a stockbreeder who would let half of his live stock continue sick without the attention of a vetertnarian? Here are millions of men—as indicated by the examination of 23,000 in cam Who are wobbling through life with belts slack, cogs worn and wearing out. circulation clogged, bones articulated. furnac their whole mach The efficiency inery out of gear. ) the nation would be ! multiplied over and ower again If | every man were fit. No man who is! half-gick can do a man's work, and a million men half sick cannot do half what even half a million sound n. with pep and the joy of living an do. The ration is dragging itself long where it should be bounding and leaping over obstacles and hur- dles * ok ok % That does not mean that every man should be an athlete. Far from it. Athletes can't march. Athletes can't endure. Athletes can't “stand the Baf,” for their hearts are weak from overstrain. (Exceptions, of course.) The ideal man is one whose engine does not race and overpull any part of the machine. He is like an alrplane in perfect adjustment, not like a ma- chine without a flywheel racing Itself the | o) sands of psychologists to harmonize the brain and wills and spirits of Americans with their task: d their aim. Hetter a man with a d k liver than one with #lass blower and a de- spondent will. Maybe the work of the health ciation, in sending every man woman to a competent physical exam- iner on year is not in vain, Sure- ly, if the report that the Army ex- aminers found more tan half the men physically deficlent be true, there should be national legislation re- quiring every man to be examined and made fit. It is the most serious 1ssue confronting 110,000,000 half sick patients. * ok ok % There has appeared no report yet from the training camps as to the percentage of illiteracy among the trainecs. It is possible that the men who voluntarily enter training camps do not include illiterates, or not in a representative proportion to the whole population. In the Army dfaft 25 per cent were found unable to reml & newspaper or write a letter, and 25 per cent were defective phy. slcally. The whole showing presented a serlous situation at the time of the draft, but not more serious than thé recent exposure of the 50 per cent physical deficlency among men who evidently supposed them- selves well enough for military duty —the cream of the population, in physical fitness. % South Carolina has announced the selection of the yellow jasmine. No longer shall that state be known for' its tarheels, but in more poetic vein. shall we think of her. “The jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets, The deep, dark green of whose un- varnished leaf, Makes mere conspicuous and il- - lumines more. The bright profusion of her scat- tered stars.” The description The white jasmine through Arabia to Persia, and was known in England' in 1548, but Bhakespeare—lover of flowers—never mentioned it. The yellow variety, nudifiorus. a winter bloomer, was introduc: to Amerlea, by way of China, in 1844, by Robert Fortune It is shrubby and not a climber or rambler. is from Cowper. iw traced back * % % % News comes across the water that Yankees drop a million dollars a year at the gambling tables of Deauville, France. They are, nevertheless, not t! doughboys who made America famous in 1917-18. *x x Live until next November and then one may drop thirty years from his calendar age, according to a Dr Voronoff, the famous gland grafter. He addresses his announcement to the women that he will make public his secret next November. But who ever heard of a lady who could pos- sibly drop thirty years off of her con- fessed age That would be like Mark Twain's proposed tunnel through a hill. which was so long that half the tunnel had to be run on trestle work. Thirty years from twenty-five leaves how much? No- body wants to be that young. * o ox The chief of the rehabilitation committee of the American Legion, Joseph Sparks, appeals for sympa- thy with a class of “polftical pris- oners,” quite as worthy of considera- tion, he thinks, as have been the slackers and treason-mongers. . for |whom parades and pieketings of the White House have been conspicuous. He speaks for an investigation of {ne circumstances which have caused 26,000 veterans of the Army of the world war to be incarcerated in prisons and asylums for insane since the w It it likely, he says, that to pieces. There appears work for hundreds of thousands of trained sur- geons and physiologists America. Yes, and hundry It Is the Game and Not the Money. { ! Popular in the extreme was the {winning of the open golf champion- {ship of the United States by that {good sport. “Bobby” Jones of Atlante. The fact that on other occasions he !had seemed to be followed by af all-powerful jinx, and never has {whined or played the baby, adds {luster to his latest vietory. The {majority of editors consider t§at he {has silenced forever suggestions that he was not among the “gamest of the game.” In his own home town of Atlanta naturally the rejoicing has been long continued. “We love him becquse he has remained himself,” acclaiins the }Atlanta Journal, and that is pr seldom accorded to those who rise to empyreal heights. “Greetings, {Bob! as many as there are stars in |the sky and good wishes as many as {there are blades of green on your {glorious battlefield. Some praise! While the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch recalls “his father gave him a club and_a_ ball when Bobby Jones. a rickly kid of six years, and the boy, who was the despair of the doctors, developed into a robust youth with the muscles of a Dempsey. Which 18 something worth remembering when talking golf. It was olfer's temperament, btherwise self control,” that was the greatest factor in his _success, aa- gerts the Philadelphia Bulletin, and while, despite defeats, he has beer the “idol of young American golfers," the Louisvilie Post sees in him now |¥a super-idol for his feat in wrestin {the championship from the pick o America’s best amateurs and profes- sionals.” This vear's field was_ the Best ever, in the opinion of the Bos- on Transcript, which, therefore, sees ! n Jones “a_real champion to whom elong all the honors that accrue to he name of champion.” In the past énly “phenomenal golf: has defeated him, the St. Louis Post Dispateh ob- Serves, and “now the jinx is busted nd everybody will rejoice. Geéorgla as her Clarkes and her slmm_?l*u but—she also has Bobby Jonielg he v the Néw York Ints 3 Eihune, o actually ave ortsman _could ahes trouble. for the Scotch pro on the heels of his magnificent dis- play of skill and pluck. Still, ould have been bitterly disappoint- ng to see Jones fail to take the honors. It was a great amateur olfer who won at the eighteenth fole’in the Battle of the Bobbies by an iron shot that might the Chattanooga News, pointing out “in the supreme emergency of the ame the southern youth did not alter. He boldly shot for the green, knowing that the ll“?tut,lnw‘ racy. would in all probability cost him & reat prize. ‘The brook that guards fho green' was_forgotten. opinion of the Cincinnhati Tim “it {s difficult to realize that Jones is twenty-one years old. Some. how one got the feeling that, Iike Peter Pan, he never would grow up. Bobby Jones has a God-given ability to play goif” The I seen golf, once a’ joke, come into its own, the Baltimore Sun suggests, in suggesting probably “the world i= growing a little weary of contésts bf brute strength. Skill, téchnique and mental dexterity are valued mére ghly, physical prowess less, vils tion -ereeps Rlong. ith EouUrse. 6 nows but that another génération may even see golf and tennis pre thousands of them might be given another chance without jeopardizing society. EDITORIAL DIGEST eminent, and commercialized prize fighting’ well down the list in the calendar of sports”” A long stride toward this possibility would be made, the New York Evening World { holds, should the possibility now come true that “one player will annex both the open and amateur titles The Brooklyn Eagle argues along similar lines in suggesting “here is sport at its best, untouched with the rank ‘commereiaiism that prevails in several other branches, notably box- ing. The gallant Cruickshank need feel no chagrin at having fallen be- fore such an opponent.” The victory “was well deserved.” insists the Lynchburg Advance, while the. Cleve- land Plain Dealer feels “those who #olf for golf's sake should be partie- ularly encouraged by Jones' excellent vietory. The fact that Jones was playing his first tournament of the year, while his professional opponents have been constantly on the courses, makes his victory all the more note- worthy. It Indlcates that in one sport at least the amateur :sti]l has a chance.” Hix youth “perhaps spoiled his game a bit through a too early prominence,” the New Orleans Times- Picayune sa¥'s, “but now that he has captored the most coveted of Ameri- can golfing distinctions, it is to hoped that Bobby Jones will wear.the crown with a modest dignity that will do Ronor to the south as greatly as does his ability with driver, midiron and putter.” This victory “conclusively demon- strates,” the Danville Bee says, that “golf i# no longer an old man's game, prescribed by physicians ‘to prolong the lives of doddering millionalires. To the masses it is no longer a ‘sissy’ flm!. derided by the stage comedian.” t good wishes could have given him success in the past, he long ago would tiave been champion, the Boston Post insists, and “there never has been a champlon who is hailed with more | hearty acclaim.” Because if a profes- sional had won he would have receiv ed only $800, while Jones, the ama. teur, in winning, got only $500 in late, the St. Paul Dispatch declares, “the game was the thing. Perhaps that {8 ons reason for the tremendous growth of popular interest in golf.” And all “parents who wofry about anemig looking children’ have more than hint _In the lifé of Bobby Jones,” the Milwaukee Journal con- cludes. .In a Few Words. ‘What the Germans want is British ’u port for an offer so small as to ® them largely from the whole reparations burden. What the Brit- ish want 18 t the Germans ehall make &h ofter miffclently large to enable them to bring pressurs u&nn France. -FRANK H. BIMONDI 3 There g no such thing as absolute liberty. 'he sodlalists assert that thers is and clamoF fof libérty 5f work, yet these same socialists do ot hesitate to commit injurles ainst fre: - agint free ReMimn auvssorin The continent is like a keg of powder and ‘ne ‘one, In or out of of. |:“|" Ill{:..l - I'I;t!hlt lth.wfll ngfi gnited a at may habpen to the world and the United it is ignited. —SECRETARY DENBY. Prohibition {s coming to England. It will steal over t .r?rm'h people ust as it did here. It is all they 1K Absut over thers, a live igsue A. LEACH, n a1l MME’ N. Y. Députy m’. Coramissioner States if Politics at Large BY N. 0. MESSENGER. SPOKANE, Wash., July 23.—Prob- ably the outstanding feature of condi- tions observed on a western trip which thus far has extended to the eastern. section of the state of Washington, and” which is to be con- tinued, to the coast and down, and then back through the plains states and the Mississippl valley, is the sub- ordination of party politics and poli- cies to the pressure of economic and industrial conditions. “It is an ominous sign,” conservative politicians in. both the old parties mutter, with a shake of the head. “It is & sign of an approaching upheaval in old-line party politics,” -declare others, who are girding themseives to mount and head the expected political emeute which they foresee. Out In the western states through which The Star's staff correspondent has been traveling the mass of the olectorate seem to be thinking in terms of dollars and {mmediate ma- terial conditions of living, instead of political parties, of policies and of basic political considerations. They do, however, link up politiés with existing economic condftionis and forge a chain of responsibitity which they trace to the party in power. The republicans and the administration gufter 1oss of prestigé and popular fu- vor accordingly. * % K ¥ A thoughtful and prominent repub- lican in the section-whence this ehap- ter emanates said: “I can't for the life of me see why there should be apathy toward the administration at this time. It has made no bad break, but has shown courage &nd followed a constructive policy. No President since the days of Grover Cleyeland has shown the courage exhibited by Presi- dent Harding vetoing the soldler bonus bill and the Increased pgnsion bill. The republican Congress did not possess the temerity to refrain from passing the bllls, &0 those, actions should be an administration assét, but the rank and file do not so asfay it.” Tt is a question, indeed, what the rank and file do give the adminjstra- tion credit for, énthusigsm 15 worked up over 'the ‘léague of na- tions or the world court. The vot- ers listen attentively to speakers upon the subject, but seem kind of half bewildered over the tale. Let some one declaim, “I am against and there are loud shouts of approval, even though the speaker does not go on to explain how he would prevent war. Then, they leave their meeting and feturn to their original . grouch against things in general and the administration and “the govern- ment” in particular. * ok * * I see by the papers that Senator Fess of Ohio i an optimest over the people’s present state of nostalgia Wwith the republican party and the administration. Republicans out this way wish him well and hope he is correct in his analysis, set forth in his statement in Cineinnati that in his opinion the evil days will pass, as economic conditions bring about & turn for the better. Republicans here l #get into operation and the turn 'Lh: |lldP set Il'lli for they are ve:){ much concernel v G o o over the present Public opinion is fndeed fickle swift 1o change. In. this instance however, public opinion is being formed upon an existing industrial and economic fact, the distressful condition of the agriculturist and the low price of wheat. Let me show ¥ou how public opinion is created nong the electorate. The farmer, who is a creature of moods superin- duced by the weather and the condi- tion of the crops, takes on a case of the blues. He cranks up his Henry and goes to town where he talks jwith the small tradesman and soon gets him looking down his nose. That worthy communicates his ap- |prenension to the people with whom ihe comes in contact and he becomes a “gloomy Gus." It is & cinch the farmer does not go to town without having something to say to his banker and he gets a dose of the virus. The banker, of course, knows better than to lay the trouble to the administration or the President, but he begins to feel uneasy. so it goes [in an endless chain which works for * x % % ator Fess may be right. His long the study and preachment of political economy. Likewise he is an astute politician, of the practical sort. He knows that the farmer and the small tradesman soon get over their despondency; at the first sign of im- provement, indeed, and go just as eagerly the other way on very sligl pretext. But jvhat the practical poli- ticians out here want to know at this time is what are the laws of nature and economy which are to operate be- tween now and 1924 to bring about the change for the better? However, with a lot of us Jere- miahs, charged with the duty of re- porting present conditions and not discounting the future, going about the country and exposing the sore toe of the body politic. it is comforting to the republicans to have some one hold up a beacon of hope in the darkness. Conservative republicans out here say there is one feature of the politi- ical conditions may - give Tom- fort to the republican party. It is al- ready apparent from utterances of President Harding that the admimis- tration and the republican arty do not propose to be stampeded by exist- ing conditions into resorting to any of the nostrums of political quacks preaching paternalistic and govern- mental action, recommended as a cure all. That Is comforting to the conservative republicans as giving assurance that the party leaders and the administration still intend to keep the principles of the party, based on natural and economic laws as well as common sense, as the sheet anchor of the party, which has ridden out in safety {n the past similar gales of political hysteria and of economic Leresy. * K K % Let a third party come, if it will; let the democrats become infected further with paternalistic schemes if it choose, the republican party, they say, will' go before the country in- voking the support of the voters to policies of constructiveness and_of sound economies, as it did in_ 1896, and upon which it rode to victory at_the polls. Republican leaders here say that one thing should be borne in mind; that the states in which republican party _disintegration is now rampant ‘were formerly good republican states; that is to say the mental process of the voters was amenable to the pol- icles and doctrines of the republican arty. Why then have they gone oft? ‘hesé leaders say they have wan- ered away hysterlcally on account of material conditions and (h\g»they will have to be: brought back by be- that those result of inistrative action. litical or admi olitic ¥ hope for the Another gleam of future is seen’'by thoughtful republi- cans out here. They think that the radicals in_ the Senate at the next session of Congress aré calculated to give the country an object lesson in ahatruction tg " constructive 1 sl tion which will prove vety ing to the country and cal atten- tion to what the I’eP\IbHcln party roposes to do if continued in power. Knowing the bent of the radical bloc in the Senate and charging to be utterly. fallacious all their proposal theso cepubligans think-it may b ood thiug: if, prior ot a0 eatmpainn. the P don: gress show the country a full line of samples of thelr goods., hope that the natural laws will soon | ANSWERS TO 'QUESTIONS By Frederic J. Haskin Q. What is the strange game that men play with heavy balls in Me- ridian Park—M. F. A. A group of Army men bowl there occasionally. ' One of them has & set of bowls and a makeshift bowl- ing green has been laid out where the ancient English game can be played. Q. How long a time was expended in peconditioning the White House after its partial destruction in 18147 A. Four years. It then stood with no changes except necessary renova- tl:: amul 1903, when the wings were added. Q. What chemical is used by the . southerners in their fight against the boll weevil?—M. A. P. A. The most effective agency known at present is compound cal- cium arsenate. This contains about 40 per cent of white arsemic. The Department of Agriculture estimated that approximately 50,000 tons of it would be required this year in the parts of the south where the boll weevil 1s most prevalent. Q. In showing openers in jack pot poker is it necessary to show the whole hand?—R. W. W. A. Foster's Complete Hoyle says that in_such a game, should the opener decline to meet raises be- fore the draw he must show his en- tire hand before abandopiug it. After the draw, should he drop out, he must show openers, but need not show the cards he has drawn. He, 'like all other players, must show his entire hand if he is in the final call. Q. What is sprayed rubber?>—A. F. A. This is rubber prepared by a new method. Instead of driving the water otit of the latéx—milk of the rubber {fee—by meanms of heal pro- duced by a slow fire or by chemicals, the latex jis sprayed into a snow- white mist, the water then being re- moved by pure superheated’alr. Q. What_language Belgium?—1J. F. C. ° A. French, Flemish and German are spoken. Of the total population French is the only language of about 3,000,000; Flemish, of 3,250,000, and German "of 35,000. There are about $00,000 inhabitants who speak both French and Flemish, while 55,000 are conversant with all three languages. Q. Haw tall can buildings be made in London?—J. T. G. A. The law made in 1894 is still in effect. The genéral limit for the height above the sidewalk is eighty feet, with additional allowance of two stories in the roof or ornamental tower. Q. What will take the leather stains out of the feet of white stock- ingg?—M. H. A. Dip the stained part in a mix- ture of one part of saturated solution of oxalic acid and ten parts water, Transfer immediftely to a_bowl of clear water containing a half tea- spoonful of ammonia, then rinse in clear water. Q. .1Is bull fighting still a popular sport abroad?—J. M. M. A. ‘In Spain, the home of the sport, ‘bull fighting is declining rapidly in popularity. In 1915 there were 685 first-class bull fights during the sea- son; in 1918 the number had dropped is spoken in New Austrian Bank BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY. Count Otto Seefried, who has just been appointed manager of the Buda- pest branch of the Austrian Com- mercial Bank, is the now fifty-three- year-old hero of a royal romance which created a European sensation some thirty years ago. In the fall of 1893, young Baron Otto von Seefried, whose family was ennobled by Em- peror Charles V at about the time when he created the grandesza of Spaln, hut then a mere impoverished subaltern of ome of the line regi- ments forming part of the garrison at Munich, became acquainted, at a court ball, with Princess Elizabéth of Bavaria, the eldest child of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and of Archduch- ess Gisela, the latter a daughter of the Austrian emperor. Early in November her parents suddenly dis- covered that the occasional meetings at dances between the young princess and Lieut. von Seefried had ripened into an infatuation and, accordingly, they immediately took steps to se- cure his transfer to Mets, hoping that time and separation would serve to bbliterate the romance, at any rate, from the heart of the royal maiden. Suddenly it became known at Munich that the princess had run away from home and, a few days later, it was ascertained that she had traveled by rail with Lieut. van See- fried straight through to Genoa, where they mere married at once on their arrival by a Roman Catholic priest, although Otto von Seefried was, and still remains, a Protestant. After a brief honeymoon in Ital they turned their steps, not Bavaria, where von Seefried would | have been immediately arrested by | the military authorities for absenting nimself without Je&Ve as & desdrier, and by the criminal authorities, on a charge of treason for the abduction of a princess of the reigning house, but to-Vienna. 3 On their arrival there, the princess took a cab_and drove out to the palace of Schoebrunn, where she threw herself at the foot of Emperor Francis Joseph, of whom, as his eld- est grandchild, she had always been a particular favorite. What passed between them can, of course, only be surmised. But she wemt away happy and on the following day young See- friea was received at the Hofbure, first alone by the émperor and then with the princess. * ok kK , The monarch who had but a couple of years previously 16st his only son, Crown Prince Rudolph, the vietim of an unhappy marriage, promised to look after their welfare. He com- menced, by appointing young Seefried to the Austrian army, granting him a commission as captain in the 99th In- fantry Regiment, stationed at Trop- pau. There the young eouple ‘spent peveral years quietly, unobtrusively ily, the princess making no B DAk to royaity, but contenting | Rercelr with the life of a ‘subordinate | officer of an_infantry regiment. 8o pleased was the emperor with the cou- Ple that after a few years he pre- sented them with a lar; ta chateau at Znaim in 50 with & place in Austria known as he Chateau of Steibat, nEAr Greston, the revenues of which put them in easy circumstances. He relleved See- friea from regimental duty by {ue. {hg him on the reserve fist of the army with a rank of lieutenant colos fiel of cavalry, and frequently visited he young people in their wvarious; omes, delighting in his great-grand- chfldren. Indeed, he found so much satistaction In von Seefriad's com- pany that he insisted on having himy with him on all his shooting expedi tions and treating him as a near and dear Kinsman. Then he bestowed upon him the ank of chamberlain, so as to give fim the definite entree at.coust, and by and by created him a.ceunt. Some years. -thé - greAt- war he pre- ented the Beefrieds with a house at ‘flclns 8o that they and their chile to 421 and last year it was only 2 One of the leading Madrid pape says the time i® fast-approaching when bull fighting will be only « memory. « Q. Which state has the most kin- dergartens?—IL L. ¥. A. Callfornia leads the nation in providing kindergartens for its chil dren. In 1913 a law was passed there providing for the establishment o such schools upon petition of parents. Q. What part of a warship’s crew is made up of marines’—A. R. W. A. In modern naval seryice less than 15 per cent of the total person- nel I8 composed of marines. Theso are the soldiers enlisted to fight either on sea or land. Q. How many islands are there in the Philippines?—L. C. B. A. The group contains about 2,000 islands. Q. How can I determine whether a bird is a pest>—K. L. S. A. The only sure way is to kill one of the species under suspicion ar have the contents of the stomach « amined. This must be done under tederal and state permits. Q. Why is the expression “safe the Bank of England” used’—L. £ A. The Bamk of England was corporated in 1694, and from its out- set has been closely connected with the Engilsh government. The re- serve of its banking department is always in coln or in notes ag which there is coin lying’ in issue department. of the b it is through the Bank o that other banks i them keep their rescrve lvi deposit in it rathe an in the banks. It is essential, ther the stability of all banks country that the Bank of Englan shall always be possessed of coin and oven be able to pay on demand all checks of depositors or notcs that may be presented to it. the Since ngland y of as a own to f Q. When were the first eruptions of Mount Shast: A. Mount Shasta has had no eru tions within the period that it has been known to white men. In com mon with Mount Lassen, the erup- tions began in tertiary time (the time interval immediatély following the mesozolc era) and continued down t0 & very recent period time Mount Lassen has been active within the past ten years, but Moun has remained quicscent Q. How many of the civilian pr lation of Gettysburg were killed ¢ ing the fighting there?—R. F. ( A. Jennie Wade was the onl tysburg eivilian who was killad ing the battle. She was in her ki baking bread when a bul struck her. Q. On what day of the weck was the first cornerstone of the Distr of Columbia laid>—F. H. K A. April 5, 1791, fell On this day, with Mas monies, the southern corner of t square—a point a little below Alex- andria, Va—was marked with the first stone. (Readers of The Evening send their questions ta Fhe Sia wmation Bureaw, Frederic J. Ha rector, 1220° North Capitol stre full name .and address so that the formation may be sent direct. | 2 cents in stamps for rcturn postagr.) Head Center Infor- di- Of Sensational Romance in 1893 dren ‘Could be near him during the winter. Finally, when the emperor died, in 1916, it 'was found that they and their children had been benefited to a very considerable extent by hiy will, and that he had left them a con- siderable fortune, which. fortunately had es¢aped the general confiscation of the Hapsburg property. * * ok * Bat it wak not until'191q that P cess Elizabeth succeeded in wins the forgiveness of her other g tather, who died as regent of ¥ and the .cancellation of t arian warrant out for the arrest of her hus- band in the event of his setting ‘on Bavarian territory. Let me add that Count Seef spite of the old emperor's favor he enjoyed to so remarkable gree, notwithstanding his viol: all dynastic laws and military lations by eloping with hi daughter, managed to E thing in the nature of jealousy by his simple. unaffected ways, which modesty and sturdy indepen pleasingly blended. The ' have four children, three girls ar boy, now nineteen, for wl great-grandfather, Emperor Franci seph, stood sponsor. They have beer brought up by their parents in the simplest fashjon, and thus have been able to accustom themselves, without any difficulty, to the altered condi- tions in Austria and Hungary. * e As g general rule, envoys who are unfornate in their matrimonial affairs g0 on the shelf. it being assumed that a man.who does not possess the adequate amount of tact and diplo- macy to manage a wife cannot be trusted to display these qualities in his management of the at times de varia, | cate relations of his government with the country which as been accredited. " Moreover, there is always the disposition, especially among the wotldly and the cynical, to regard ‘the husband who has been betrayed with ridicule rather than with'sym pathy, and no nation cares to be rep- resénted abroad by an envoy . in- stead of commanding respect, pro- vokes sarcastic mirth and gibes It is, therefore, pleasant to be a to call atténtion to the fact that exception has been made by the Brit- ish foreign office In the case of Sir Milne Cheetham, who, while councilor of embassy and minister plenipoten- tlary in Paris, was forced to secu divoree in England from hi slan_wife. who had bolted with on of his ‘diplomatic subordi secretary of the name of } She was Anastasia Mouravieff, daugh- ter of that one-timo Russian minisicr of justice who dled while ambassador. at Rome under such very mysterious and not altogether savory circum- tances. For Sir Milne has been pro- moted to the post of envoy at Bern and is now marrying again, this time an Englishwoman, Cynthia, younger ughter of Sir Horace and Lady Seymour. 8ir Milne Cheetham has had a rather eventful career and an ex- perience which does not often fall to the lot of a diplomat. For, after acting for three, years as principal lieutenant at Cairo to Lord Kitchener, the British plenipotentiary in Egypt, he became, as such, charge d'affaires there on the appointment of the fleld marshal a8 secretary of state - for war at Whitehall on the out- break . of the great international contlagration i August, 1914. It was as charge d'affaires that Cheetham intrusted: with- the mission ot ing Khedive Abbas from the throne of Egypt, with banishing him from the land of the Nile, with the elevation of his uncle, Prince Hus- sein, to the throne as sultan in his stead and with the proclamation of the entire land of the Nile as a self- governing English protectorate in- stead of being, as it had been until then, a mere autonomous province of the ' Ottoman empire,. deriving its authority from the Sublime Porte, to. which it was obliged to pay a heavy annual tribute. Milne Cheetham per- formed this delicate and responsible mission with 80 much skill and with- out.anyg. popular disturbance.or.even triction,. that _he was . shortly _after- ward invested- with the “dignity ef knight commander of the Order ot St. Michael and St. George. _ to he h